1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

1987 EuroBasket Under-16
9th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Hungary
Dates	8–15 August 1987
Teams	12 (from 1 federations)
Champions	Yugoslavia (5th title)
< 1985 1989 >

The 1987 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1987 European Championship for Cadets) was the 9th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Székesfehérvár and Kaposvár, in Hungary, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy for the fifth time. It was its third title in a row and fourth in the last five tournaments.

Teams

Preliminary round

The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.

	Team advanced to Semifinals
	Team competed in 5th-8th playoffs
	Team competed in 9th-12th playoffs

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	5	0	402	318	10
Italy	5	4	1	418	373	9
Greece	5	3	2	367	347	8
France	5	2	3	332	390	7
Israel	5	1	4	388	399	6
Turkey	5	0	5	349	429	5

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	429	316	10
Spain	5	4	1	365	350	9
Romania	5	3	2	356	342	8
West Germany	5	2	3	335	374	7
Belgium	5	1	4	327	369	6
Hungary	5	0	5	301	362	5

Knockout stage

9th–12th playoffs

Playoffs			Ninth place


Hungary	91
Israel	106


			Israel	96
			Turkey	78


			Eleventh place

Belgium	79	Hungary	58
Turkey	93		Belgium	82

5th–8th playoffs

Playoffs			Fifth place


West Germany	65
Greece	63


			West Germany	57
			France	67


			Seventh place

France	78	Greece	79
Romania	73		Romania	75

Championship

Semifinals			Final


Yugoslavia	94
Spain	67


			Yugoslavia	83
			Italy	77


			Third place

Italy	104	Spain	76
Soviet Union	90		Soviet Union	84

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Yugoslavia
	Italy
	Soviet Union
4th	Spain
5th	France
6th	West Germany
7th	Greece
8th	Romania
9th	Israel
10th	Turkey
11th	Belgium
12th	Hungary

1987 FIBA Europe U-16 Championship
Yugoslavia Fifth title

Team Roster

Živko Badžim, Oliver Popović, Rastko Cvetković, Žan Tabak, Ante Perica, Nenad Grmuša, Boris Orcev, Marijan Kraljević, Obrad Ignjatović, Arijan Komazec, Mirko Pavlović, and Bojan Popović. Head Coach: Janez Drvarič.

References

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Division A	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 Turkey 1993 Portugal 1995 Belgium 1997 Slovenia 1999 Latvia 2001 Spain 2003 Greece 2004 Spain 2005 Spain 2006 Greece 2007 Italy 2008 Lithuania 2009 Montenegro 2010 Czech Republic 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Ukraine 2013 Latvia 2014 Lithuania 2015 Poland 2016

Qualification	1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003

Division B	England 2004 Bulgaria 2005 Estonia 2006 Macedonia 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 Portugal 2009 Estonia 2010 Macedonia 2011 Romania 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Macedonia 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Bulgaria 2016

Division C	Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015 Cyprus 2016

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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